Carfury
Carfury is a hamlet in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated in Penwith approximately three miles northwest of Penzance. It is in the civil parish of Madron The 19th-century geologist Elizabeth Carne founded a school in Carfury.
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: village in Cornwall, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Carfury, Cornwall”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Boskednan stone circle and Lanyon Quoit.
Lanyon Quoit
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Boskednan and Bodrifty.
Boskednan
Hamlet
Carfury
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: Madron, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.15258° or 50° 9′ 9″ north
Longitude
-5.57692° or 5° 34′ 37″ west
Elevation
535 feet (163 metres)
Open location code
9C2P5C3F+26
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Carfury” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Carfury”
- Cornish: “Karnfuri”
- Dutch: “Carfury”
- French: “Carfury”
- Irish: “Carfury”
- Polish: “Carfury”
- Welsh: “Carfury”
- Welsh: “Karnfuri”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Higher Ninnes and Trythall.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Trythall Community Primary School and Tredinnick Engine House (Ding Dong Mine).
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Worth a closer look: Truro and Penzance.
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